TMR Comments

CP | 28 Mar 2014 00:28

At least we can say we built one Hybrid here in Oz before the industry vanished. Great foresight from Toyota to bite the bullet and build something here to keep up with times and have a product that people actually want. Too late though.

martin CP | 28 Mar 2014 05:26

You mean Kevin Rudd, he gave them the dosh for it.

matt martin | 31 Mar 2014 04:14

and...?

Urban Slime | 28 Mar 2014 04:28

Most of these are base model Camry Hybrids sold as taxis.

CP Urban Slime | 28 Mar 2014 05:20

..and no doubt this has put a big dent in poor old Falcons sales.

Leafboi CP | 31 Mar 2014 03:06

And the problem with that is? If they had a Hybrid or more fuel efficient model available (not just the LPG Falcon), they could have kept the sales...

matt Leafboi | 31 Mar 2014 04:12

kept what sales? ford was never going to make falcon a hybrid, 100's of millions of investment needed without any chance of return, love straya.... full of "why didnt they" "they should just" whingers, without thinking it through.

Leafboi matt | 01 Apr 2014 02:40

Ford is not just an Australian company. The 100s of millions you talk about have already been spent in developing hybrids and plug in variants for the US and EU markets. So to implement the same strategy here could have worked, that is if Australians didn't complain about requiring high wages for manufacturing but with cheap cars. Manufacturing with expensive labor here is simply not an option that I understand.